Lance Corporal Walter Burnett #9/2158 - 100 Years of WW1 Commemoration:
Lance Corporal Walter Burnett #9/2158 – Otago Mounted Rifles: ABOVE: Walter in uniform on horse prior to leaving for France in WWI, 1916. Outside the Burnett “Pinkie Hill” Homestead, Bayswater. (Otautau Museum Collection #2008.23.9 – Photo is Public Domain) Walter arrived in the world on 24 October 1895, the eldest of ten children born to George Alexander and Elizabeth Burnett. One of these children who was a twin, was sadly stillborn. George with his existing family at the time, moved to Bayswater in 1905, buying the piece of land owned previously by Mark Summers with George naming their Estate 'Pinkie Hill', after a place in Scotland. The rest of the couples children were born here. The estate remains in the family to this day, although of course the homestead has seen many changes, alterations and additions. Walter was a labourer on his father’s farm, before signing up to fight in WW1. Written on the back of this photo (sent to a neigh...